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Recent Examples of hawkish
Three days of decisions in Washington, Ottawa, London, Frankfurt and Tokyo are widely anticipated to result in unchanged borrowing costs across the club of rich nations, with each central bank seen keeping a hawkish eye on fallout from the Iran war.
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Craig Stirling, Bloomberg, 25 Apr. 2026
Yet the view is hardly isolated to the hawkish, religious far-right.
—Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
The President, this faction argued, was too cowed by hawkish interventionists like Mark Levin, a neoconservative commentator.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Expectations of rate cuts at central banks like the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have fallen, and in many cases been replaced by anticipations of hawkish monetary policy, sending yields on some European bonds to multi-decade highs.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
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Craig Stirling, Bloomberg, 25 Apr. 2026
Yet the view is hardly isolated to the hawkish, religious far-right.
—Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
The President, this faction argued, was too cowed by hawkish interventionists like Mark Levin, a neoconservative commentator.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Expectations of rate cuts at central banks like the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have fallen, and in many cases been replaced by anticipations of hawkish monetary policy, sending yields on some European bonds to multi-decade highs.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawkish
Adjective
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One of the world’s most cooperative mammals is also one of its most warlike.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 May 2026
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Ludwig’s distant paternal ancestors were in fact German Jewish merchants, not warlike princes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Accordingly, medieval epic poems and art often depicted Muslims as near-demonic, bloodthirsty figures wearing turbans and strange robes.—
Anna Piela,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
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Spring camping comes with a few unique challenges—rain, temperature swings, and particularly bloodthirsty bugs among them.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The young Forster recoiled from the school’s culture of authoritarianism and militaristic chauvinism, which may have found expression in the students’ often appalling attitudes toward their own mothers.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Germany was long seen as hesitant to appear overly militaristic or nationalistic, but the Ukraine war — and now the Iran conflict — has pushed Berlin to increase defense spending and crystallize its own national interests.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Right, in France, means pro-Catholic, pro-militarist.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Ko’s conception of the wuxia genre centers on imagination as a martial force.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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There was positivity over Karl Urban’s casting as martial artist Johnny Cage.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Hawkish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawkish. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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